{"product_id":"levinas-and-the-cinema-of-sam-girgus-9780231147651","title":"Levinas and the Cinema of Redemption: Time, Ethics, and the Feminine","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his philosophy of ethics and time, Emmanuel Levinas highlighted the tension that exists between the \"ontological adventure\" of immediate experience and the \"ethical adventure\" of redemptive relationships-associations in which absolute responsibility engenders a transcendence of being and self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an original commingling of philosophy and cinema study, Sam B. Girgus applies Levinas's ethics to a variety of international films. His efforts point to a transnational pattern he terms the \"cinema of redemption\" that portrays the struggle to connect to others in redeeming ways. Girgus not only reveals the power of these films to articulate the crisis between ontological identity and ethical subjectivity. He also locates time and ethics within the structure and content of film itself. Drawing on the work of Luce Irigaray, Tina Chanter, Kelly Oliver, and Ewa Ziarek, Girgus reconsiders Levinas and his relationship to film, engaging with a feminist focus on the sexualized female body. Girgus offers fresh readings of films from several decades and cultures, including Frank Capra's \u003ci\u003eMr. Smith Goes to Washington\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), Federico Fellini's \u003ci\u003eLa dolce vita\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), Michelangelo Antonioni's \u003ci\u003eL'avventura\u003c\/i\u003e (1960), John Huston's \u003ci\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), and Philip Kaufman's \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being\u003c\/i\u003e (1988).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Girgus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231147651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231147651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010","brand":"Sam Girgus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48135949418751,"sku":"9780231147651","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61c182a1-bca7-4f25-aac5-2d5a3850f518.jpg?v=1770159512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/levinas-and-the-cinema-of-sam-girgus-9780231147651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}